The Raveonettes - Pretty In Black

Since I'm going to Denmark next week, I figured I should recommend my favorite Danish band. I saw them live at the Mets' AAA affiliate stadium at Coney Island in NY. They were an early band, and I could hear them all the way from the subway to the stadium. The first song I caught that way was their cover of "My Boyfriend's Back," which I thought was hilarious and curiously awesome.

Acid House Kings

So I found this Swedish indie band on last.fm. I have like 6 of their songs, and I like 'em, particularly This Heart Is a Stone. The ABBA influence is somewhat clear, and I suppose I like that too.

Tokyo Police Club - A Lesson in Crime

One of my students works at the campus coffee shop at Unnamed Midwestern Private University, and he was playing these guys one day while he was working there and I was holding some sort of extra office hour there.  I mentioned that this was a good choice

The Lord Henry - Zoo Palace

This album just gets better every time I listen to it.  Of course, I discovered this band about a week after I was in Austin for work... fabulous timing.

STAR - Devastator

Run, don't walk!  Scott Cortez's other projects, Astrobrite and Loveliescrushing, are worth checking out as well if you like weird shoegaze.  This album is much poppier than those- which are more derivative of the Japanese shoegaze school - but solidly les

Bottomless Pit - Hammer of the Gods

Some Joy Division/Interpol-esque moments, although something about it hinted the Pixies to me as well.  Who says I'm a sucker for bass lines?

The Smiths - The Queen is Dead - Vicar in a Tutu

I can't believe it took me this long to find the theme song for my current year.

P.O.S. - Audition - A Teddy Bear And A Tazer

Don't like hip-hop/rap?  That's about to change.

The National - Boxer - Apartment Story, Ada, Fake Empire

This is my favorite album of 2007. Give it a chance. These guys are fantastic.

Chris Clouse - Chimera - Upside Down, Ever so Wrong